Volume 55
Physical Properties of the Milk Conch Strombus costatus (Mollusca Gastropoda) and its Consequences on the Shell Growth Development
Authors
Zambrano-Arjona, M.; Hernández-Ayala, A.; Valcárcel, J.P.; Aguilar, D.; Quintana, P.; Aldana-Aranda, D.; Alvarado-Gil, J.J. Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: 2004
Pages: 991
Event: Proceedings of the Fifty Fifth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Xel Ha
Country: Mexico
Abstract
The thermal, thermoelastic, mechanical and structural properties of the shell of the Queen conch (Strombus gigas) and is presented. The evolution of these properties as a function of the shell growth in mollusks. Thermal properties show a typical high conductivity behavior of the aragonite materials, thermoelastic properties show the interaction of the organic with the inorganic matrix, mechanical properties show the high toughness of the aragonite biogenic material and X-ray diffraction study is used to monitor the texturization.\The consequences of our results on the development and susceptibility to thermal and mechanical stress is discussed and proposed an adequate rapport: Shell size versus different properties of the conch shells (thermal properties, thermoelastic properties, mechanical properties and texturization) in order to propose an adequate size for therehabilitation programs.